There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not read more

From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.

If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.

If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.

I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here.

I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here.

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
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I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.

Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.

Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.

Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect.

Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.